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 SO GREAT THAT IT IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED!!! December 8, 2006
George Weismeyer (biddeford, me USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Track Listings
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. Fool On The Hill
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. All You Need Is Love
Rolling Stone magazine did not include this masterpiece on the top 500 all time greatest rock albums
l suppose they would not include the PAMANA CANAL in a list of the 500 greatest canals of the world!!!!!
Among the Best Beatles Albums February 12, 2007
Writing in Washington (Washington, D.C.)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's hard to say which Beatles album is the best, but I'd put Magical Mystery tour up there with Sgt. Pepper's, Abbey Road, Revolver and Rubber Soul.
Almost every song is one of your favorites.
The best Beatles non-album February 18, 2007
Christopher J. Godat (Griffin, GA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sure the film is terrible, but this disc probably has some of the best singles the Beatles ever released. Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane are arguably the best 45 ever released (Hey Jude/Revolution might be the only other one that could potentially challenge it). Hello Goodbye is one of the greatest pop songs ever. I am the Walrus simply fun. And all of the other little second rate classics (Your Mother Should Know, Baby You're a Rich Man, etc.) are better than most groups' first rate efforts.
Half the songs are weak; others great beyond comprehension May 22, 2000
Adam Bernstein (Northwest, USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Unlike Sergeant Pepper (yes, that's the correct way to spell Sgt.) this is not an album built around a theme, but a collection of singles essentially. The weak songs on the album are Flying, Blue Jay Way, Your Mother Should Know. The good song is the title track, and the rest are a 10 on a scale of 1-5. I am the Walrus is my all time favorite song and with Strawberry Fields takes you to a place so far into the depth of universal conciousness it defies credulity. These songs capture the imagination and takes it to a world beyond the everyday one. John was at his peak of genius here. All you Need is Love is the anthem of the '60s spirit, summing up the collective feeling of millions at that time. Fool on the Hill is a great song of Pauls as well as Penny Lane (Pauls answer to Strawberry Fields). Baby you're a rich man is a psychodelic (original spelling) rocker in that world of higher awareness. Some say it was about manager Brian Epstein (listen for fade out "Baby you're a rich fag Jew) Hello Goodbye stands on its own. These songs are masterworks of cosmic genius. All I look forward to now is the death of Lennon's killer.
Lennon McCartney at their peak........ June 27, 2000
L. Power (San Francisco)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this album recently with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. It is not an album in the normal sense, as it is not a concept like Sgt Pepper, rather an eclectic collection based on the film which has only five songs, and fleshed out with singles released around the same period.
Nevertheless, this is a very strong collection of songs 6 of which reached no 1 in the UK, a claim that few other albums in history can match. Two of the 6 were double A sides Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane and Hello Goodbye/I am the walrus.
Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane were originally intended for the Sgt Pepper album, until the Beatles manager decided they needed to release a single, so these were taken off the album. Strawberry Fields Forever is a classic song featuring the big production treatment with strings, with that classic introduction, a different buildup on each verse, a sort of consciousness enhancing mind expanding song taking you places you have never been before. Penny Lane is one of McCartney's most sophisticated melodies, his answer to John's reminiscences about his Liverpool childhood.
I am the Walrus is essentially a stream of consciousness piece, with diverse visual word imagery which as a piece of poetry is probably Lennon's best, but also his most disturbing. The intro is a very strong piece of music. Hello Goodbye is a catchy McCartney tune based around a word association one person positive the other negative...you say stop! I say go, go, go!
All you need is love is the great anthem of The Beatles, and the 60's written specially for the first worldwide satellite broadcast.
Fool on the Hill is a great song featuring Mc Cartney on piano and multi track recorders, and Your mother should know which harks back to an earlier era is also good. Blue Jay Way is like a mantra that seeps into your consciousness in a very pleasant way. The other songs are so so but listenable. I don't think you'll be disappointed in this album. All in all, strongly recommended.
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